Abstract: Minutes, bylaws, correspondence, manuscripts,
newsletters, financial records, legal papers, transcripts, pamphlets, flyers,
clippings, sound recordings, and other papers relating to the Mattachine
Society, brought together by the Mattachine Society Project from materials
donated to ONE Institute (now ONE International Gay & Lesbian Archives) by
Harold Call; from other collections held by ONE; and from collections in Jim
Kepner's International Gay & Lesbian Archives. Founded in Los Angeles in
1951 by actor and activist Harry Hay--who originally structured it as a secret
society, or "fraternal order"--the Mattachine Society was reorganized and
incorporated in California in 1954, and established "area councils" and
chapters around the United States. Its activities included group discussions,
research, annual conventions and the periodical,
Mattachine Review. Financial and
organizational conflicts, however, led to the dissolution of the national
organization in 1961. Although several chapters-- including Los Angeles, San
Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C.--continued as independent
organizations, most of these had ceased operations by the mid-1970s. Materials
in the collection date from the earliest days of the organization to the
creation of the Mattachine Society Project in 1990.

Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English

Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access
restrictions.

Publication Rights

Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in
writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the physical owner.
Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in
the materials. Note that ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant
copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for
all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).

The collection consists of materials donated to ONE Institute (now ONE
National Gay & Lesbian Archives) by Harold Call and his estate between 1987
and 2005, and materials from other collections held by ONE and from collections
in Jim Kepner's International Gay & Lesbian Archives (which merged with ONE
National Gay & Lesbian Archives in 1994).

Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the
National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Administrative History

The Mattachine Society traces its roots to Los Angeles in the late
1940s, when Harry Hay--a married man and actor who also taught music at the
University of Southern California--began formulating his idea for a homophile
organization, which he initially named the "International Bachelors Fraternal
Orders for Peace and Social Dignity." Beginning in 1951, groups of homosexual
men and women began meeting secretly at various locations throughout Los
Angeles to discuss issues relevant to the homosexual community. At Hay's
suggestion, this organization took the name "Mattachine Foundation"--after
traveling performers in medieval Europe who staged satires wearing
masks--because contemporary American homosexuals were also forced to hide
behind masks. Hay had been active in the Communist Party, and many of the
Foundation's founders, including Rudi Gernreich, Bob Hull and Chuck Rowland,
shared Hay's leftist politics. The Foundation, or "fraternal order," was
organized along the lines of the secretive, cell-like structure of the
Communist Party, which also needed to protect the identities of its members.
Hay also took from Marxism the idea that for homosexuals to end their
oppression they must develop a group consciousness as an oppressed class.

Between 1951 and early 1953, membership in the Mattachine Foundation
expanded rapidly in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay area.
However, in March 1953 a journalist, who had received a Foundation mailing,
published an article suggesting that the Foundation, with its secretive
leadership, might be a Communist front organization. The reaction of the
Foundation's membership exposed a growing schism between Hay and his leftist
allies, who wished to continue with the secretive "fraternal order" focused on
developing self-understanding and social consciousness; and those, led by Ken
Burns and Harold Call, who sought a more "public" organization focused on
assimilating the homosexual community into mainstream society.

In two conventions in April and May 1953--in a climate of suspicions
about financial improprieties, personal misrepresentations, communist
infiltration and the aims of the organization--the membership elected a new
slate of leaders, replacing Hay and his followers with Call and his party. The
new leaders in turn officially dissolved the Mattachine Foundation with its
secretive structure and recognized the establishment of the Mattachine Society
with a national, "open" structure. Officially incorporated in California in
March 1954, the reorganized Mattachine Society had its headquarters in San
Francisco, with "area councils" and chapters throughout the United States.
During its most active period in the late 1950s, the Society's activities
included group discussions, social and psychological research in relation to
sexuality, research in legal cases and legislation regarding sexual equality,
annual conventions and the publication of the
Mattachine Review and various
newsletters.

In the face of financial troubles, languishing membership, and
dissatisfaction among local chapters, the Board of Directors decided to
dissolve the Society's national structure in 1961. The national chapters
subsequently reorganized into independent organizations. The former San
Francisco Area Council continued under Call's leadership, and by 1960 it had
become less a membership group and more of an education and social service
organization, which all but ceased operation in 1967. The Mattachine Society of
Washington, D.C., became the most active and committed to political change of
the former chapters. Its leader, Franklin Kameny, challenged the discriminatory
policies of the U.S. Civil Service and was instrumental in the campaign to
change the American Psychological Association definition of homosexuality as an
illness. The Mattachine Society of New York played an activist role in the gay
liberation movement of the 1970s. The Philadelphia chapter evolved into the
Janus Society. By the end of the 1960s, most of the Mattachine organizations
had ended their operations, while only a few--including Chicago, Florida, and
New York--continued to operate until the 1980s.

Sears, James T.
Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: The Hal Call
Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation
. New
York: Harrington Park Press, 2006.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Mattachine Society Project Collection contains minutes, bylaws,
reports, manuscripts, correspondence, newsletters, financial records, legal
papers, transcripts, pamphlets, flyers, clippings, sound recordings and other
material relating to the Mattachine Society, Inc., and its predecessor, the
Mattachine Foundation. Materials in this collection represent Mattachine
activities throughout the United States and date from the founding of the
organization in 1951 to the creation of the Mattachine Society Project in 1990.
The bulk of the materials relate to activities of the organization in Los
Angeles and San Francisco from 1953 to approximately 1968.

The collection is divided into ten series:

1. Mattachine Project History Series, comprising materials documenting
the Mattachine Society Project at ONE Institute (now ONE National Gay &
Lesbian Archives), which created this collection by combining Mattachine
records taken from collections held by ONE Institute, as well as from
collections in Jim Kepner's International Gay & Lesbian Archives and
materials donated by Harold Call and his estate from 1987 to 2000.

2. Mattachine Foundation Series, containing administrative records and
other materials documenting the activities of the Mattachine Foundation, as
originally conceived, from 1951 to 1953. The series also contains a number of
writings by Harry Hay.

3. Administration (Mattachine Society, Inc.), comprising minutes,
correspondence, committee files, financial records, personnel and membership
information from Mattachine Society, Inc., the restructured national
organization incorporated in the state of California in 1954. This series
includes the bylaws and constitution, the Articles of Incorporation and meeting
minutes of the Board of Directors.

4. Area Councils and Chapters Series, comprising files from the various
Mattachine chapters in California and throughout the United States, including
Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Florida, New York and Washington, D.C.

6. General Correspondence Series, comprising correspondence from the
members and the general public.

7.
Mattachine Review Series, comprising
administrative records and issues of
Mattachine Review, the official newsletter
of the Society from 1954 to 1966.

8. Newsletters Series, consisting of newsletters published by various
Mattachine chapters.

9. Subject Files and Resources Series, consisting of a variety of
research materials used by the editors of the
Mattachine Review and other Mattachine
Society personnel.

10. Sound Recordings Series, comprising 20 reels of 1/4 inch
reel-to-reel audiotape, documenting Mattachine events as well as television and
radio programs relating to homosexuality.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Call, Hal (Harold L.),
1917-2000

Gay activists--United
States--California

Gay and lesbian rights

Gay liberation movement

Gays--California--History

Gays--Civil rights

Gays--Services for

Hay, Harry, 1912-2002

Homosexuality--History--California

Homosexuality--History--United
States

Mattachine Foundation

Mattachine Review

Mattachine
Society

Mattachine Society, Inc.

Separated Material

Between 1987 and 2005, ONE Institute and its successors received from
Harold Call and his estate a series of donations that included Mattachine
Society records and Call's personal papers. In 1990, these materials were
combined with Mattachine Society materials taken from other collections held by
ONE Institute, as well as from collections in Jim Kepner's International Gay
& Lesbian Archives to create the "Mattachine Society Project." In May 2008,
this collection was divided: the Mattachine Society materials forming the
Mattachine Society Project Collection (this collection), and Call's personal,
family and business papers forming the Harold L. Call Papers
(Coll2008-010).

Series Descriptions and Container List

Box: 1 : 1 - 4

Series 1.
Mattachine Society Project History1952-2000

Physical Description: 0.1 linear foot.

Series Scope and Content

This series comprises materials documenting the Mattachine Society
Project at ONE Institute (now ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives), which
created this collection by combining Mattachine records taken from collections
held by ONE Institute, as well as from collections in Jim Kepner's
International Gay & Lesbian Archives and materials donated by Harold Call
and his estate from 1987 to 2000. The series includes clippings relating to the
Mattachine Society, photocopies of specific items in the collection, and a 1952
photograph of the principal founding members of the Mattachine Foundation.

This series comprises materials relating to the founding and
activities of Mattachine Foundation as conceived by Harry Hay, from 1948 to
1953. The series is divided into two subseries: (2.1) Administration and (2.2)
Manuscripts and Notes.

Box: 1 : 5 - 19 ; 9 : 1

Subseries 2.1:
Administration1951-1953

Physical Description: 0.2 linear foot.

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries comprises statements of purpose, correspondence,
discussion group minutes, flyers and other material from the Mattachine
Foundation (1951 - 1953).

Box 1 : 5

Mattachine Society (a California
corporation)
1951

Box 9 : 1 (oversize)

Missions and Purposes and Membership Pledge1951

Box 1 : 6

Induction Ceremony1951

Box 1 : 7

Bylaws of The Mattachine Foundation, Inc.1952

Box 1 : 8 - 10

Correspondence1952 -
1953

Box 1 : 8

General1952 -
1953

Box 1 : 9

Brissette, Gerard1953

Box 1 : 10

Hay, Harry1952

Box 1 : 11

Discussion Groupscirca 1951 -
1953

Box 1 : 12

Form Letters and Questionnairescirca 1951 -
1953

Box 1 : 13

Pamphlets and Flyerscirca 1951 -
1953

Box 1 : 14

Citizens' Committee to Outlaw Entrapment1952

Box 1 : 15

Second Order Meeting Minutes1952

Box 1 : 16

Official Statement of Policy on Political Questions and
Related Matters
February
1953

Box 1 : 17

Financial Report1953

Box 1 : 18

Reorganization Study1953

Box 1 : 19

A Call to Members of the Mattachine Society by the Fifth
Order
1953

Box: 1 : 20 - 28

Subseries 2.2:
Manuscripts and Notes1948-1953

Physical Description: 0.1 linear foot.

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries comprises manuscripts and notes primarily written
by of the Mattachine Foundation's original members, including founder Harry
Hay, who wrote under the name Henry Hay and the pseudonym Eann MacDonald, and
Jim Kepner, who wrote under the pseudonym Lyn Pederson.

Box 1 : 20 -
26

Harry Hay1948 -
1953

Box 1 : 20

Tentative Outline to "Music… Barometer of the Class
Struggle"
January 1948

Box 1 : 21

"Preliminary Concepts for the International Bachelors
Fraternal Orders for Peace and Social Dignity," by Eann MacDonald
1950

Box 1 : 22

Organizational Chart of the Guild Fellowship Organism
of Any Order
circa 1950 -
1952

Box 1 : 23

Notescirca 1950 -
1953

Box 1 : 24

"A Speculation on the Dialectics of Homosexual Social
Directions," by Eann MacDonald
1951

Box 1 : 25

Preface to the "Communication of Homosexual
Values"
1952

Box 1 : 26

"In Memory of the Mattachine Foundation," by Henry
Hay
circa 1953

Box 1 : 27

"Point of Order," by Lyn Pederson [Jim
Kepner]
circa 1953

Box 1 : 28

"Some Aspects of Physiology and Biochemistry as related
to Sex Activity," by Sidney Bliss
February
1953

Box: 1 : 29 - 74 ; 2 : 1 - 54 ; 3 : 1 -
40 ; 9 : 2 - 15 ; 15

Series 3.
Administration (Mattachine Society, Inc.)1953-1975

Physical Description: 3.7 linear feet.

Series Scope and Content

This series comprises the administrative records of the Mattachine
Society, Inc., as established by the organization's California State
Constitutional Convention in April 1953. The series is divided into six
subseries: (3.1) National Office Files, (3.2) Committees and Departments, (3.3)
Finances, (3.4) Membership, (3.5) Personnel and (3.6) Services, Events and
Activism.

Box: 1 : 29 - 60 ; 9 : 2 - 6

Subseries 3.1:
National Office Files1953-1974

Physical Description: 0.7 linear foot.

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries comprises articles of incorporation, bylaws, Board
of Directors minutes, memoranda, pamphlets, information packets, and other
material from the Mattachine Society's national office files. Also included are
minutes, memoranda and notes from the Society's Coordinating Council, a
committee formed in 1953 - 1954 to develop the new organizational structure of
the national Mattachine Society.

Box 9 : 2
(oversize)

Articles of Incorporation1954 -
1961

Box 1 : 29

Constitution and Bylaws1953 -
1959

Box 9 : 3 (oversize)

Proposed Constitutional Agenda and Related
Material
1953

Box 1 : 30

Missions and Purposes Statement for New Members of the
Mattachine Society
1953

Box 1 : 31 -
36

Board of Directors1953 -
1974

Box 1 : 31 -
32

Meeting Minutes1953 -
1964

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 1 : 33

1958 Meetings of the National Board of
Directors
February 7 - 9,
1958

Box 1 : 34

Memoranda1954 -
1960

Box 1 : 35

NotesUndated

Box 1 : 36

Roster1959 -
1974

Box 1 : 37 -
45

Coordinating Council1953 -
1954

Box 1 : 37 -
39

Minutes1953 -
1954

Physical Description: 3 folders.

Box 1 : 40

Memoranda1953

Box 1 : 41

Financial Records1953

Box 1 : 42

Coordinating Council Newscirca 1953

Box 1 : 43

Outreach1954

Box 1 : 44

Material for Newly Formed Chapters and Area
Councils
1954

Box 1 : 45

Notescirca 1953 -
1954

Box 1 : 46

Areas, Addresses and Chapterscirca 1953 -
1960

Box 1 : 48

Dissolving of Area Councils1960 -
1961

Box 1 : 49

Dissolving of Area Councils, Correspondence1961

Box 1 : 50 -
60

General Informational Materialscirca
1954/1968

Box 1 : 50

Chronology and Important Dates of
Mattachine
circa 1960

Box 1 : 51

Form Letters and Mailerscirca 1954 -
1968

Box 1 : 52 -
56

Information Packetscirca 1954 -
1960

Box 1 : 52

"A Brief History"circa 1953 -
1955

Box 1 : 53

"How to Form a Chapter" Materialscirca 1953 -
1955

Box 1 : 54

"The Mattachine Society Today, An Information
Digest"
1954

Box 1 : 55

"Think for Yourself"Undated

Box 1 : 56

"What Is This Thing Called Mattachine?"circa 1953 -
1955

Box 1 : 57

Pamphletscirca 1953 -
1971

Box 1 : 58

PosterUndated

Box 1 : 59

Press Releasescirca 1958 -
1959

Box 1 : 60

Questionnairescirca 1955 -
1965

Box 1 : 47

LetterheadUndated

Box 9 : 4 (oversize)

Notice to Quit and Notice of Termination of
Tenancy
1954

Box 9 : 5
(oversize)

Office Lease Form1959 -
1960

Box 9 : 6 (oversize)

United States Department of Commerce, Registration of
Corporate Title and Emblem
1961

Box: 1 : 60 - 74 ; 2 : 1 - 17

Subseries 3.2:
Committees and Departments1953-1975

Physical Description: 0.5 linear foot

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries comprises reports, minutes, correspondence and
memoranda, flyers, research projects and other material from the Society's
committees and departments, including the daily committee, the education
department, the legal-legislative committee, public relations committee, the
publications department, the research committee and the social service
department. Note that additional publications department material can also be
found in Series 7:
Mattachine Review.

Box 1 : 61 -
63

Daily Committee1958 -
1961

Box 1 : 61

Meeting Minutes1959 -
1961

Box 1 : 62

Correspondence1959 -
1960

Box 1 : 63

Daily Activities Record1958 -
1959

Box 1 : 64 -
65

Education Department1958 -
1960

Box 1 : 64

Reports and Correspondence1959 -
1960

Box 1 : 65

Education Handbookcirca 1958 -
1960

Box 1 : 66 -
73

Legal - Legislative Committee1953 -
1959

Box 1 : 66

Reports1954 -
1957

Box 1 : 67

Correspondence1955 -
1957

Box 1 : 68

Reference Material1954 -
1959

Box 1 : 69

Legal Committee Correspondence1954 -
1958

Box 1 : 70

Legal Policy of the Mattachine Societycirca 1953 -
1955

Box 1 : 71

Legal Meeting Minutes1954

Box 1 : 72

Policy of the Mattachine Society Toward
Legislation
circa 1953 -
1955

Box 1 : 73

Legislative Committee Correspondence1953 -
1954

Box 1 : 74

Public Relations Committee1953 -
1957

Box 2 : 1 - 5

Publications Department1953 -
1958

Box 2 : 1

Policy and Standard Operating Procedurescirca 1953 -
1954

Box 2 : 2

Reports1953 -
1954

Box 2 : 3

Correspondence and Memoranda1953 -
1957

Box 2 : 4

Activities and Publications1953 -
1958

Box 2 : 5

Orientation and Information MaterialUndated

Box 2 : 6 - 11

Research Committee1953 -
1966

Box 2 : 6

Policy1953 -
1954

Box 2 : 7

Reports and Proposed Projects1953 -
1954

Box 2 : 8

Correspondence and Memoranda1953 -
1955

Box 2 : 9

Activities and Proposed Activities1953 -
1955

Box 2 : 10

Projects1955 -
1957

Box 2 : 11

San Jose State College Research1966

Box 2 : 12 -
16

Social Service Department1953 -
1975

Box 2 : 12

Employment Referral Informationcirca 1953 -
1956

Box 2 : 13

Parole Assistance1959 -
1975

Box 2 : 14

Referrals for Catholic Support1960 -
1962

Box 2 : 15

Rick Hooper Speechcirca 1959

Box 2 : 16

Social Service Planning Day, San Francisco1959

Box 2 : 17

Unidentified Committee. Bibliography on
Homosexuality
Undated

Box: 2 : 18 - 40 ; 9 : 7 - 10 ;
15

Subseries 3.3:
Finances1953-1971

Physical Description: 1.2 linear feet.

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries comprises financial records, statements of income
and expense, charitable trust documents, wills and bequests, and income tax
return material for the Mattachine Society, Inc., national headquarters, based
in San Francisco.

Box 2 : 18

Treasurer-General's Reports and Notes1953 -
1960

Box 2 : 19

Treasurer-General Correspondence and
Memoranda
1953 -
1961

Box 2 : 20

Affidavit for Welfare Exemption1959 -
1960

Box 2 : 21

Balance Sheets1959 -
1964

Box 2 : 22 -
23

Bank Statements1953 -
1969

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 15

Cancelled Checks and Receipts1953 -
1956

Box 2 : 24 -
25

Cash Receipts and Paid Bills1968 -
1971

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 2 : 26

Charitable Trust Documents1967

Box 15

Checking Account Registers1953 -
1956

Physical Description: 3 booklets + 1 envelope.

Box 2 : 27

Contributors, List of1955 -
1961

Box 2 : 28

Corporate Checking Account1957 -
1959

Box 2 : 29 -
32

Financial Reports to the Treasurer - General1953 -
1961

Box 2 : 29

Boston, Denver, Chicago and New York Area
Councils
1954 -
1961

Box 2 : 30

Northern (San Francisco) Area Council1953 -
1961

Box 2 : 31 -
32

Southern (Los Angeles) Area Council1953 -
1954

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 2 : 33 -
34

Invoices and Receiptscirca 1954 -
1968

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 15

Money Receipts Booklets1953 -
1954

Physical Description: 5 booklets

Box 2 : 35

National Dues1954 -
1956

Box 2 : 36 -
38

Tax Return Material1954 -
1964

Box 2 : 36

California Exempt Organization Annual Information
Return
1964

Box 2 : 37

California State Tax Records 1954 -
1955

Box 2 : 38

Federal Tax Exemption1954

Box 2 : 39 - 40 ; 9 : 7 -
10 (oversize)

Wills and Bequests1962 -
1978

Physical Description: 2 folders + 4 oversize
folders.

Box: 2 : 41 - 47 ; 15

Subseries 3.4:
Membership1953-1968

Physical Description: 0.2 linear foot.

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries comprises membership lists, membership cards,
applications, correspondence and memoranda regarding membership in the
Mattachine Society. The subseries includes written resignations in the wake of
the Society's reorganization in 1953.

Box 2 : 41 -
42

Membership Lists1954 -
1968

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 2 : 43

Membership Cards1964 -
1966

Box 15

Master File Cardscirca 1960 -
1968

Box 2 : 44

Applications and Renewal Noticescirca 1953 -
1960

Box 2 : 45

Removal of Frank Parkhurst and John
MacArthur
1954

Box 2 : 46

Resignations1953 -
1954

Box 2 : 47

Revocation of Membership of William P.
Brandhove
October 1959

Box: 2 : 48 - 54 ; 3 : 1 - 14 ; 9 :
11

Subseries 3.5:
Personnel1953-1969

Physical Description: 0.7 linear foot.

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries comprises correspondence, memoranda, notes and
other material of members of the National Board of Directors, committee and
department officers.

Box 2 : 48

Barker, Elver (pseudonym Carl B. Harding)1956 -
1959

Box 2 : 49

Burns, Ken1953 -
1956

Box 2 : 50 -
54

Call, Harold "Hal"1954 -
1969

Box 2 : 50 -
53

Correspondence1954 -
1969

Physical Description: 4 folders.

Box 2 : 54

Manuscript [Untitled]Undated

Box 3 : 1

Chairman of Board of Directors, Statement of1954

Box 3 : 2

de Dion, Albert J. 1959 -
1960

Box 3 : 3

Dewees, Curtis1956 -
1961

Box 3 : 4 - 6

Hooper, Roy "Rick" F. 1957 -
1959

Box 3 : 4

Correspondence1958 -
1959

Box 3 : 5

Vice Chairman File1957 -
1959

Box 3 : 6

Huggins, Dwight "B.D."1957

Box 3 : 7 - 9 ; 9 :
11

Lucas, Donald Stewart1954 -
1964

Box 3 : 7

Correspondence1955 -
1964

Box 3 : 8

Interview TranscriptUndated

Box 3 : 9

NotesUndated

Box 9 : 11
(oversize)

Secretary General File1954 -
1960

Box 3 : 10

Maxey, Wallace1953 -
1961

Box 3 : 11

Olson, Dale1954 -
1956

Box 3 : 12

Robertson, Kenneth1957

Box 3 : 13

Segura, Gonzalo "Tony"1956 -
1961

Box 3 : 14

Vice Chairman, Reports from the1954 -
1956

Box: 3 : 15 - 40 ; 9 : 12 -
15

Subseries 3.6:
Services, Events and Activism1953-1973

Physical Description: 0.4 linear foot.

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries comprises correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets,
clippings, flyers and other material relating to a variety of activities in
which the Mattachine Society was engaged, including multi-organization
homophile conferences, community-building, employment and support services,
media relations, fundraising, and research studies. Most of the activities
documented were conducted in California, particularly in San Francisco.

Box 3 : 15

American Civil Liberties Union1956 -
1958

Box 3 : 16

Bay Area Corrections Clearinghouse1961

Box 3 : 17

California Society of Employment and
Rehabilitation
1961

Box 3 : 18

Citizens Alert1965 -
1968

Box 9 : 12 (oversize)

Council on Equality for Homosexuals1967

Box 9 : 13 (oversize)

Eastern Regional Homophile Conference1968

Box 3 : 19

Economic Opportunity Council of San
Francisco
1968 -
1969

Box 3 : 20

Emotional Security Program1954 -
1955

Box 3 : 21

First Church of One Brotherhood1956 -
1957

Box 3 : 22

International Committee for Sexual Equality
(ICSE)
1955 -
1960

Box 3 : 24

Mattachine Society vs. San Francisco Police
Department
1973

Box 3 : 25

National Planning Conference of Homosexual
Organizations
1966

Box 3 : 26

National League for Social Understanding (formerly
Hollywood Assistance League)
1961 -
1965

This series comprises minutes, reports, bylaws, correspondence,
financial records, press releases, form letters, flyers, pamphlets and other
materials created by the area councils and chapters. The bulk of the materials
was created by area councils in California and by multiple chapters in Long
Beach, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area. The series also includes
materials created by the chapters that continued to operate as independent
organizations after the national structure was dissolved in 1961; these
organizations include Janus Society (Philadelphia), Mattachine Midwest
(Chicago), Florida Mattachine, and the Mattachine Society of Washington,
D.C.

Report on Discriminatory Anti-Homosexual Attitudes of
California State Legislators
June 1963

Box 4 : 40

San Diego Alpha Chapter #107 Correspondence1953 - 1955

Box 4 : 41 - 68

San Francisco Bay (Northern) Area Council1953 - 1967

Box 4 : 41

Meeting Minutes1953 -
1957

Box 4 : 42

Reportscirca 1953 -
1955

Box 4 : 43

Financial Records1953 -
1960

Box 4 : 44

Financial Reports1953 -
1961

Box 4 : 45 -
46

Correspondence1952 -
1961

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 4 : 47

Form Letters1953 -
1967

Box 4 : 48

Membership1953 -
1961

Box 4 : 49

Activity and Event Announcements1954 -
1960

Box 4 : 50

Report on the Reorganization of the San Francisco Area
Council
1957

Box 4 : 51

Kenneth Zwerin Petition1958

Box 4 : 52 -
55

Berkeley - Oakland Chapters1953 -
1954

Box 4 : 52

Meeting Minutes and Reports1953 -
1954

Box 4 : 53

Calendar of Events1953 -
1954

Box 4 : 54

Financial Records1953 -
1954

Box 4 : 55

Questionnairecirca
1954

Box 4 : 56 -
57

Alpha Chapter #1091953 -
1954

Box 4 : 56

Meeting Minutes1953

Box 4 : 57

General1953 -
1954

Box 4 : 58 - 60

Beta Chapter #1111953

Box 4 : 58

Meeting Minutes1953

Box 4 : 59

Correspondence1953

Box 4 : 60

Financial Records1953

Box 4 : 61 -
62

Emeryville Chapter #1121953 -
1954

Box 4 : 61

Reports and Project1954

Box 4 : 62

Correspondence1953

Box 4 : 63 -
65

Gamma Chapter #1151953 -
1954

Box 4 : 63

Meeting Minutes1953 -
1954

Box 4 : 64

Form Letter1953

Box 4 : 65

Financial Report1953

Box 4 : 66 -
68

Publications Chapter1953 -
1960

Box 4 : 66

Newsletter Distribution Information1960

Box 4 : 67

Copy Materialcirca 1953 -
1960

Box 4 : 68

Miscellaneouscirca 1953 -
1960

Box 4 : 69 - 72

Boston Area Council1954 - 1960

Box 4 : 69

Chapter Charter Applicationcirca 1954

Box 4 : 70

Correspondence1956 -
1960

Box 4 : 71

Membership1959

Box 4 : 72

Christmas Party Programs1959

Box 4 : 73 - 75 ; 5 : 1 - 2

Chicago Area Council1954 - 1963

Box 4 : 73

Bylaws and Report1954 -
1957

Box 4 : 74 -
75

Correspondence1954 -
1963

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 5 : 1

Membership1960 -
1961

Box 5 : 2

Treasury1955

Box 5 : 3 ; 9 : 18 (oversize)

Mattachine Midwest (Chicago)1965 - 1986

Box 5 : 3

General1965 -
1986

Box 9 : 18 (oversize)

Social Service Committee Meeting Report1965

Box 5 : 4 - 8

Denver Area Council1957 - 1961

Box 5 : 4

Correspondence1957 -
1960

Box 5 : 5

FlyersUndated

Box 5 : 6

Membership1958 -
1961

Box 5 : 7

Research Testing Program, by Brenda Dickey1958 -
1959

Box 5 : 8

"The Story of the Mattachine Society"circa 1957

Box 5 : 9

Detroit Area Council1957 - 1960

Box 5 : 10 - 12 ; 9 : 19
(oversize)

Florida Mattachine1963 - 1967

Box 5 : 10

Correspondence1965 -
1966

Box 9 : 19
(oversize)

Form Letters1965 -
1967

Box 5 : 11

Richard A. Inman vs. City of Miami1967

Box 5 : 12

Miscellaneous Manuscriptscirca 1963 -
1966

Box 5 : 13 - 25

Mattachine Society of New York, Inc. 1955 - 1981

Box 5 : 13

ConstitutionUndated

Box 5 : 14

Names and Addresses1959 -
1961

Box 5 : 15

Report to the Board of Directors1976

Box 5 : 16

Activities1956 -
1957

Box 5 : 17

Correspondence1955 -
1976

Box 5 : 18

Financial Statements1959 -
1968

Box 5 : 19

Form Letters and News Bulletinscirca 1955 -
1980

Box 5 : 20

Pamphlets and Flyerscirca 1955 -
1970

Box 5 : 21

Resolution of National Capital Area Civil Liberties
Union on Federal Employment of Homosexuals
1964

Box 5 : 22

Newspaper Clippings1971 -
1978

Box 5 : 23

Brooklyn Heights ChapterUndated

Box 5 : 24 -
25

Niagara Frontier Chapter1973 -
1981

Box 5 : 24

Constitution1975

Box 5 : 25

General1973 -
1981

Box 5 : 26

Mattachine Society of Philadelphia1956 - 1959

Box 3 : 23

Janus Society (Philadelphia)1964 - 1966

Box 5 : 27 - 36 ; 9 : 20
(oversize)

Mattachine Society of Washington (District of
Columbia)
1954 - 1987

Box 5 : 27

Constitution and BylawsUndated

Box 5 : 28

Committee on Religious Concerns Statement of
Purpose
Undated

Box 5 : 29 -
30

Correspondence1954 -
1972

Box 5 : 29

General1957 -
1972

Box 5 : 30

Huggins, Dwight "B.D."1954 -
1957

Box 5 : 31

Form Letters and Notices1956 -
1967

Box 9 : 20
(oversize)

News Releases1965 -
1975

Box 5 : 32

PamphletsUndated

Box 5 : 33

Federal Employment of Homosexual American
Citizens
1965

Box 5 : 34

QuestionnaireUndated

Box 5 : 35

Huggins, Dwight "B.D." File1956

Box 5 : 36

Clippings1981 -
1987

Box 5 : 37 - 40

Prospective Area Councils and Chapters1955 - 1960

Box 5 : 37

Cleveland, Ohio1955 -
1959

Box 5 : 38

Phoenix, Arizona1959

Box 5 : 39

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania1956 -
1958

Box 5 : 40

Seattle and Tacoma, Washington1959 -
1960

Box: 5 : 41 - 64 ; 6 : 1 - 7 ; 9 : 21 -
25

Series 5.
Conventions1953-1963

Physical Description: 0.9 linear foot.

Series Scope and Content

This series comprises programs, minutes, transcripts,
correspondence, notes and other materials documenting the Society's annual
conventions, held between 1954 and 1963, as well as materials from the three
1953 conventions, which debated and adopted the constitution and bylaws of the
Mattachine Society.

This series comprises general correspondence from members and others
interested.

Box 6 : 8

Anonymous1956 - 1968

Box 6 : 9

Acirca 1953 -
1968

Box 6 : 10 -
11

Bcirca 1953 -
1968

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 6 : 12

Ccirca 1953 -
1968

Box 6 : 13

California1953 - 1975

Box 6 : 14

Canada1953 - 1956

Box 6 : 15

Connecticut1953 - 1956

Box 6 : 16

Dcirca 1953 -
1968

Box 6 : 17

Delaware1954 - 1955

Box 6 : 18

Ecirca 1953 -
1968

Box 6 : 19 -
20

Fcirca 1953 -
1968

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 6 : 21

Florida1954 - 1957

Box 6 : 22

Foreigncirca 1953 -
1968

Box 6 : 23

Gcirca 1953 -
1968

Box 6 : 24

Georgia1952 - 1969

Box 6 : 25 -
26

Hcirca 1953 -
1968

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 6 : 27

Icirca 1953 -
1968

Box 6 : 28

Jcirca 1953 -
1968

Box 6 : 29

Kcirca 1953 -
1968

Box 6 : 30

Kansas1953 - 1956

Box 6 : 31

Kentucky1958

Box 6 : 32

Lcirca 1953 -
1968

Box 6 : 33 -
34

Mcirca 1953 -
1968

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 6 : 35

Maryland1953 - 1955

Box 7 : 1

Massachusetts1954 - 1956

Box 7 : 2

Mississippi1953 - 1955

Box 7 : 3

Missouri1952 - 1956

Box 7 : 4

Montreal1958 - 1959

Box 7 : 5

Ncirca 1953 -
1968

Box 7 : 6

New Jersey1953 - 1958

Box 7 : 7 - 8

New York1953 - 1958

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 7 : 9

Ocirca 1953 -
1968

Box 7 : 10

Ohio1952 - 1956

Box 7 : 11

Oklahoma1953 - 1958

Box 7 : 12

Oregon1953 - 1956

Box 7 : 13

Pcirca 1953 -
1968

Box 7 : 14

Pennsylvania1953 - 1956

Box 7 : 15

Qcirca 1953 -
1968

Box 7 : 16

Rcirca 1953 -
1968

Box 7 : 17 -
18

Scirca 1953 -
1968

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 7 : 19

Tcirca 1953 -
1968

Box 7 : 20

Texas1953 - 1956

Box 7 : 21

U - Vcirca 1953 -
1968

Box 7 : 22

Utah1954 - 1956

Box 7 : 23

Vancouver1957 - 1959

Box 7 : 24

Wcirca 1953 -
1968

Box 7 : 25

Washington1953 - 1959

Box 7 : 26

Washington D.C. 1953 - 1956

Box 7 : 27

Wisconsin1953 - 1956

Box 7 : 28

X - Zcirca 1953 -
1968

Box: 7 : 29 - 37 ; 8 : 1 - 26 ; 9 : 26 -
28 ; 16

Series 7.
Mattachine Review1954-1975

Physical Description: 1.2 linear feet.

Series Scope and Content

This series comprises correspondence, manuscripts, paste-ups,
financial records, subscription information, other administrative records and
miscellaneous material for the Society's widely-distributed periodical, the
Mattachine Review. Distributed from 1954
to 1966, the
Mattachine Review was published by
Pan-Graphic Press, a San Francisco-based business founded by Mattachine Society
board members Harold Call, who served as editor and publications chairman, and
Donald Stewart Lucas.

Box 16

Mattachine Review1954 - 1966

Box 7 : 29

Article Submissionscirca 1957

Box 7 : 30

Bills and Statements to Mattachine Society1956 - 1957

Box 7 : 30 - 37 ; 8 : 1 - 5

Correspondence1954 - 1975

Box 7 : 30 -
37

Generalcirca 1954 -
1975

Physical Description: 7 folders.

Box 8 : 1

Arno Press, Inc. 1975

Box 8 : 2

Eos Magazine1961 -
1963

Box 8 : 3

Franklin Square Subscription Agency1955 -
1956

Box 8 : 4

One, Incorporated1957 -
1967

Box 8 : 5

Requests for Bound Volumes1955 -
1958

Box 8 : 6 - 7

Financial Records1955 - 1962

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 8 : 8

Fundraising and Promotion1955 - 1960

Box 8 : 9

Hal Call NotesUndated

Box 8 : 10

LetterheadUndated

Box 8 : 11

Mailing Permit1955

Box 8 : 12 - 17

Manuscripts1955 - 1960

Box 8 : 12

CastramentationUndated

Box 8 : 13

Pendingcirca 1955 -
1958

Box 8 : 14

Previous Issuescirca 1955 -
1960

Box 8 : 15

Rejectedcirca 1955 -
1960

Box 8 : 16

Manuscripts and [Various] Material, Possible Future
Use
1960

Box 8 : 17

Miscellaneouscirca 1955 -
1960

Box 8 : 18

Mattachine Review Covers
1954 - 1955

Box 8 : 19

Pamphlets and Subscription Informationcirca 1955 -
1958

Box 9 : 26 (oversize)

Pan-Graphic Press Contract1955

Box 8 : 20

Paste-upsUndated

Box 9 : 27 - 28 (oversize)

Paste-ups and IllustrationsUndated

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Box 8 : 21

Press Bulletin1958

Box 8 : 22

Publications Catalog1957

Box 8 : 23

Report of the Publications Chairman1955

Box 8 : 24

Subscriptions and Distribution1955 - 1959

Box 8 : 25

Townsend, Prescott1956 - 1958

Box 8 : 26

Miscellaneous Copy Materialcirca 1954 -
1966

Box: 17 : 1 - 13 ; 18 : 1 - 8 ; 19 : 1 -
9

Series 8.
Chapter Newsletters1953-1986

Physical Description: 1.4 linear feet.

Series Scope and Content

This series compiles newsletters from Mattachine Society chapters as
well as independent Mattachine organizations throughout the United States.

This series consists of legal briefs, pamphlets, booklets,
clippings, newsletters, journal articles, a bibliography, subject files and
other miscellaneous materials used for general reference and/or research by
Mattachine Society officers, members, and committees and departments, such as
the legal-legislative committee, the research committee and the education
department; and to provide copy material for the
Mattachine Review and chapter
newsletters.

Box 8 : 27

Alcoholics Anonymous1944 - 1953

Box 8 : 28

American Bar Association. "Canons of Professional Ethics
Oath of Admission to the Bar Canons of Judicial Ethics ALSA Credo"
1957

This series contains sound recordings (1/4 in. open reel audiotape)
of Mattachine Society events, including recordings of the 1961 Mattachine
Society convention, panel discussions and a 1963 Board of Directors meeting.
The series also includes sound recordings of television and radio programs
relating to homosexuality, a history of ONE, Inc., music compilations and some
reels with unidentified content.

Box 13 : 1

The Open Mind Telecast Series
Station WRCA, New York City ; "Homosexuality, A Psychological Problem"
televised September 29, 1956; Dr. Phillip Pollatin, Dr. Harry
Backwin
September 1956